The Undertaker has been spending a lot of time reflecting on his career as of late, and throughout his run with WWE he worked with some of the biggest names in the business.
The Deadman recently joined Corey Graves on the After The Bell podcast, and he noted that he was pleasantly surprised to see over John Cena got.
“I tell you what, when John came out early on, I would have never thought in a million years that he would get over to the extent that he did, and pleasantly, I mean just pleasantly surprised how over John got. I mean he was over over. There’s that next level over that he was whether good or bad. That was another thing. I’ve never seen anyone last as long as he did with such a polarizing opposite love-hate. Normally, it’s one way or the other. I’d never seen one guy come out one night and get booed out of the building. The next night get a 10-minute standing ovation. It was just crazy.”
Taker went on to say that John Cena is an overachiever, and at one point he suggested that Cena should learn to say no because he was working too much.
“I can’t name anybody else really that’s ever gotten that kind of polarizing fan reaction. Usually OK, we’re going to go this way with this character and we’re gonna make him this and we’re going to make him that, and John did John. That was a great thing. John did John, and it came off so good. He put his time in. Man, I know John is a super overachiever, just his work ethic, second to none. I mean his media schedule on top of his work schedule. It was outrageous. I’ve actually told him that one time. I said, ‘John, for your sake, you need to learn the word no because.’ I mean he did everything. He never did. He proved me wrong, but I just said, ‘man, you’re going to burn yourself out.’ He’s amazing.”
Cena and Taker last faced off at WrestleMania 34 in a quick match which saw Taker get the victory. It doesn’t seem that we’ll be seeing them face off ever again, but it’s clear that The Undertaker has a lot of respect for John Cena.
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